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腊
là
Description
"腊"常指用盐把肉腌好、再风干的做法，比如腊肉、腊肠。
"腊" often refers to the method of curing meat with salt and then air-drying it, such as 腊肉 and 腊肠.
它也用在"腊月"里，指农历的十二月。
It is also used in "腊月", meaning the twelfth month of the lunar calendar.
Meanings
腊là
cured (meat), salted and dried
我很喜欢吃腊肉。
I really like eating cured meat.
腊月làyuè
the twelfth lunar month
腊月天气很冷。
The weather in the twelfth lunar month is very cold.
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Notes
- Etymology
originally referred to a year-end sacrifice, later extended to meat cured at that season.
- Nuance
腊 describes salt-cured, air-dried food; 熏 means smoked instead.
In videos
“所以粉汤羊血的店通常腊汁肉不会差的来”
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